Patents by Inventor Samuel MARCOUX-HOUDE

Samuel MARCOUX-HOUDE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Low power and low EMI power stealing circuit for a control device
    Patent number: 9608507
    Abstract: There is provided a device and a method for controlling a supply of power from an AC power source to a load. A switch is arranged in series electrical connection between the power source and the load, the switch having a first state in which the switch connects the load to the power source for supplying an electrical current from the power source to the load and a second state in which the switch disconnects the load from the power source. A power stealing circuit is arranged in parallel electrical connection to the switch and adapted to divert the electrical current away from the power source with the switch in the second state, the power stealing circuit comprising a linear semiconductor device adapted to control a rate of change of a first voltage across terminals of the switch upon the switch being brought to the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SINOPE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Francois Houde, Sylvain Mayer, Samuel Marcoux-Houde
  • LOW POWER AND LOW EMI POWER STEALING CIRCUIT FOR A CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140368036
    Abstract: There is provided a device and a method for controlling a supply of power from an AC power source to a load. A switch is arranged in series electrical connection between the power source and the load, the switch having a first state in which the switch connects the load to the power source for supplying an electrical current from the power source to the load and a second state in which the switch disconnects the load from the power source. A power stealing circuit is arranged in parallel electrical connection to the switch and adapted to divert the electrical current away from the power source with the switch in the second state, the power stealing circuit comprising a linear semiconductor device adapted to control a rate of change of a first voltage across terminals of the switch upon the switch being brought to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Francois HOUDE, Sylvain MAYER, Samuel MARCOUX-HOUDE